>The following are some of the various possibilities for .NET to recognize a data type from a database field:
>
>System.String
>System.Int32
>System.DateTime
>System.Boolean
>System.Decimal
>System.Byte[]
>System.TimeSpan
>
>I am trying to verify if the SQL Server field is a VarChar, will the recognized data type be "System.VarChar"?

BTW, are you ordering messages in UT by the last name of the person responded in case of multiple responses? Say, I am looking for Today's messages and I see Thomas message above mine.